The deputy clerks should just put up a sign on the door saying “Any documents issued with a facsimile of the Clerk’s signature without the Clerk’s express permission should not be considered valid”
And have business cards made up with that same statement that are stapled to any documents stamped with her signature.
The judge opened this particular can of worms, even acknowleging that the risk of invalidity existed.
My recollection is that celebrants can’t perform a marriage without a valid license. Which means that whoever performs the ceremony for them will be open to legal charges as well.
Any clerk that put Mrs Davis name on a marriage license is committing fraud and is criminally viable. I hope someone is informing the assistant clerks of that little fact. The assistant clerk in tears today at court should call in sick.